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"Come! Phantoms, from the desert air." 




^b® faeantation. 

ome! Phantoms, from the desert air, 
Come! Triton, from thy briny lair; 
Come! Gabriel, from the realm of bliss, 
x^ Come! Pluto, from thy dread abyss; 
Come, all ye vapory chiefs and kings, 
Whom love allures or treason brings 
From vast, unfathomed space. Appear! 
And to my pleading voice give ear. 



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^T^ain would I sweep the sky's blue dome, 
I Or in the slums of Sheol roam; 
Fain would I track the ocean's floor. 
Or earth's dark mysteries explore; 
On land; on sea; in air's expanse, 
I yearn to dart like speeding lance; 
Or, in some fierce volcano's maw. 
Repose and mock stern Nature's law. 




"Then rose J to the 'u'elkiii J air." 



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Knmoor, ye gods to whom I pray, 
My spirit from its mold of clay; 
And vest me with some potent charm, 
That binds Time's wings and shackles harm; 
For thus untrammeled, I may wrest 
Grave secrets from the cosmic breast; 
Choose ye the course where'er it wend, 
I'll follow boldly to the end. 



fhe spectral conclave fast withdrew, 
A mist before my vision grew, 
And lo! my soul was free. 
Then rose I to the welkin fair. 
And soared upon the trackless air 
Of mute infinity. 




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" ir/ii'/r iiwiintaius stand 'with Iwary head." 



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Ifnd from that grand, empyreal height— 
Whose scope defies the eagle's flight 
I saw with quickened eye, 
The pendent world's vast continents, 
Where rule the forceful elements, 
Crowned by the astral sky. 



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here mountains stand with hoary head. 
Like tombstones reared to centuries dead. 
By thoughtful nature's hand; 
And where the billowy, storm-lashed deep- 
That grave where fabled empires sleep- 
Rolls on from strand to strand. 



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TA>here mighty cities teem with strife, 
r And mortal millions drift through life 
Into eternity. 
Where crystal streams, like throbbing veins, 
Traverse and bless the arid plains, 
Then rush into the sea. 




"/// bhiik, abysmal, stifling space. 



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IXffhile feasting on this gorgeous view, 
Some unseen power quickly drew 

Me down I knew not where. 
With spiral motion circling fast, 
I neared a dismal spot at last. 

The haunt of grim despair. 



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[eneath me yawned a craggy brink 

A monstrous gap— wherein with shrink 
And shudder 1 fell prone; 
Then came a headlong, breathless chase. 
In black, abysmal, stifling space. 

To depths ungauged, unknown. 



Jke Lucifer from Heaven hurled, 
Thro' countless leagues of void I whirled 
With ever-gathering stress; 
Until caloric blasts proclaimed. 
The presence of that bourne ill-famed, 
Whose port brooks no regress. 
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"Tliough sleeped in dnad Tartanan flare." 



^ paused beneath a pillared dome, 

Ji Where lambent flames in phalanx roam, 

And roar with wild refrain; 
As if at some Afreet's behest 
To ceaseless toil and turmoil pressed, 

Mid constant stoke and strain. 



^hough steeped in dread Tartarean flare. 
And reft of Nature's balmy air, 

Yet was my mind serene; 
For calm I watched with earnest glance. 
The flames display in fitful dance. 

Their scintillating sheen. 



iVTo prisoned souls or demon crew, 
No imp or gnome of scarlet hue. 
No harpy, elf or sprite; 
No cloven fiends with spear-shaped prongs, 
No furies flaunting blaze-girt thongs, 
Arose before my sight. 




'And cross the dread divide." 



Instead, there issued from the fire, 

A voice, which, fraught with chafing ire, 

Bade me a churlish hail. 
"No mortal man save thee" it roared, 
"E'er bearded red Gehenna's lord, 

Within this torrid vale." 



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"t^hy didst thou quit thy native heath; 

Why seek the molten plains beneath; 

Who was thy guard, thy guide? 
What magic spell didst thou invoke. 
To rid thee of thy human yoke. 

And cross the dread divide?" 



^^jgV Mystic Host," I answered bland, 
^t "Ere I comply with thy demand, 

This favor 1 beseech: 
Disclose thy form, thy rank, thy name; 
That I may couch in proper frame 

My homage and my speech." 




"A rfj^a/ fortii stood then umrihd." 



lYlhe answer came in clarion strain: 

^ '*From homage may'st thou well refrain. 

For wert thou not my peer, 
These angry, withering, tongues of flame, 
Had lapped thy blood and wrecked thy frame. 

Upon thine entrance here." 



<^^he boon thou ask'st me to bestow. 

Is thine— behold!" I glanced, and slow 
The scorching fangs made way. 
A regal form stood then unveiled. 
Like glowing stone with fire empaled. 
Its master, yet its prey. 



Well might strong Hercules have sighed, 
Or Vulcan longed with wistful pride. 
For such superb physique. 
In scarlet tunic loose arrayed. 
With form and features well displayed 
He posed and thus did speak: 




Ami art thou he," 1 asked eoneenied.' 



^^Pale offspring of telluric dust, 

Who, thro' some charm upon thee thrust. 
Didst pierce yon mystic shell; 
Know that beneath this glowing span, 
] Thy soul communes as man to man. 

With PYRUS, Prince of Hell!" 



\^nd art thou he," I asked concerned, 

m "Whom holy writ and men deep learned. 

Call Satan, tempter, de'il? 
Whom rumor vests with hoof and horn. 
With body warped and soul forsworn 

Beyond redemption's peal." 



liW yea, thy looks belie thy fame, 
^ Yet may thy heart deserve that name 
On earth abhorred and feared; 
j I prithee, therefore, clear thy breast. 
Avow, or set for aye at rest. 

The mundane legends weird." 



fhen quoth the prince with hauqhty qrace; 
**The heart is mirrored in the face, 
So may'st thou (^lean the truth. 
If erring men misjudge my aims, 
And load me with revolting names, 

Theirs is the shame, forsooth." 



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''fTs thou of earthlings art the first, 
j M Who through yon lurid arch hath burst. 
Thy mandate shall have sway. 
State bold thy mission or desire. 
And, by these quivering forks of fire, 
No force shall bar thy way." 
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<<X5 ^^'5 ^^y "lood, O prince?" I cried; 
"Then do but deign to wave aside 



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The mists which screen thy horde; 
And to my pitying gaze expose 
The suffering souls of virtue's foes, 

Who crossed the Stygian ford." 



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V^ut if thy reign is not defiled 

'^ By torments harsh and revels wild, 

Refute man's dire conceit; 
And bid me to the world declare, 
Thy deeds sublime, thy visage fair, 

And falsehood's claim defeat." 



^ paused, and Pyrus thus replied: 

ji "For acts and scenes to crime allied, 

Thou mak'st a fruitless quest. 
The terror man needs most to fear, 
Lurks not within earth's bowels here, 

But in the sinful breast." 



^^I| tell thee that no dreaded goal, 
W Or judgment stake for wicked soul, 

Looms from this candent course. 
No withering flame such torture breeds, 
As conscience wrung by foul misdeeds; 

Or pierced by sharp remorse." 




These writhing, coiling, nstliss Jianifs." 



"^^hese writhing, coiling, restless flames, 

l Serve nobler ends and higher aims, 
^ Than scourging souls disgraced. 

They burn to keep this world alive, 
They burn that man may live and thrive, 
A being wise and chaste." 



TJWherat I bluntly interpelled— 

*^^ For maze and doubt my senses held 

"Locate, O sire, thy sphere; 
My journey here through sable night 
Forbade such survey as the light 

Affords with prospect clear." 



"l^^hou pleadest not in vain," quoth he, 
1^ **For this long buried mystery. 
Yet bide with patient mien. 
Let but thy wits intently woo 
The truths I urge, and close pursue 
The proofs I now unscreen." 




'.I vision i'lorioiis and subliuic. 



^carce had his words their echo kissed, 
Scarce did that sound my ear enlist, 
When rose from nether space, 
A vision glorious and sublime, 
A scene which neither brush nor rhyme. 
Can paint with fitting grace. 



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pom boundless void, uiith pace inert, 
lioath its gpeat body to exePt; 



Appeared in spectral form, the earth; 
R model true from pole to girth. 

Slant it revolved uiith mieasured run, 
Sujathed in the rays of the golden sun. 

Its sparkling ice-throne first rose slouu. 
Perched on a terrace of virgin snouj. 

R milder zone then sought the breeze, 
Kissed by the uiaves of the salted seas. 





Then quick a yaii'iiwg, ^ig-:^ag rift." 



^ext did the fertile tropics loom, 
Pervading spaee uiith rich perfume. 

And last the southern ocean's crest, 
To murky clouds fareuiell addressed. 

Then quick a yauining, zig-zag rift. 
Girdled the sphere ujith motion stuift. 

The ponderous form thus cleft in tujain, 
Parted and bared its heart's domain. 

Earth's cherished secrets, long concealed, 
liay then to mortal eye revealed. 

The ]agged, rock-ribbed, outer crust. 
Full to the vieuj its rough edge thrust. 

Beneath, the son^bre hue of spaee, 
Sought fron^ the glare to shield its face. 

While at the core a blazing plain, 
Disclosed Gehenna's hot domain. 




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'//.v Sparkling icc-throiic fust pccnd slow." 



/TVhe picture vanished, and once more 
^ I faced the awful din and roar 

Of Hades' matchless force, 
When Pyrus, with extended hand, 
And voice which cowed each boist'rous brand, 

Resumed his strange discourse: 



ehold Abaddon's boundless lake, 
Whose incandescent billows make 
Terrestrial mountains reel; 
And whose tempestuous waves of light. 
Combat the wrathful imps of night, 
For man's eternal weal." 




**T|^o! from its midst dense gases wend 
"^ Aloft tow'rd inky void, and lend 

j Support to Earth's frail shell. 

Else would its crust so heave and gasp, 
That naught could gain a vital grasp. 
Nor thou a place to dwell." 



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When Pvriis, with extended hand. 



Thus is the globe's form held intact, 
And buoyed against the air's impact, 
Which else would crush its mould; 
And thus the fires of my domain, 
Shall soar and sweep 'mid strife and strain 
Till nature's knell be tolled." 



nough," 1 cried with rapture drenched; 
J "My thirst for knowledge thou hast quenched 
From truth's pellucid spring. 
Back to the green sward let me rise, 
That I may to the echoing skies 

Thy fame and praises sing." 



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/^ flash! a crash! and all was o'er. 
^^ I found myself at home once more 

Safe in my study chair. 
Without, the storm-king wildly pranced, 
The thunder rolled, the lightning danced. 

And torrents swept the air. 



When slow my wits resumed their throne, 
And reason's lamp unclouded shone, 
I saw by its soft gleam. 
The forked flood of light intense. 
Had hypnotized my drowsy sense. 

And caused my gruesome dream. 



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